18
Apr
Can Contracts be Open Source?
Could time-starved lawyers used to charging by the hour be more like programmers and give out contracts for free?
7 min read
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01
Apr
A Passionate Programmer, a Passionate Lawyer?
It turns out that tips for advancing a career for programmers has interesting insights for a career in law.
7 min read
22
Mar
Evaluating Legislation for Readability, Exploring PLUS
Using Python, Streamlit and data science, I evaluate the changes in the 2020 Revised Edition of Laws in Singapore for readability.
13 min read
07
Mar
How Data and the Law Interact: A Book Review
I snapped up Sarah Sutherland’s "Legal Data and Information in Practice" and found it a great read for a hobbyist in legal data like me.
3 min read
21
Feb
So what difference does it make? Drawing red lines with Python
A little tweak to a standard python library transforms it into a tool used to show changes in text for lawyers.
7 min read
08
Feb
Statistics take on the death penalty... and tumble
A case last year shows the challenges faced in using statistics to prove a case in court.
5 min read
24
Jan
Have we all become tech fetishists now?
3 min read
11
Jan
Let’s Play With SQLModel
Procrastinating learning SQL prevented me from using one of the world's best databases. With SQLModel, I learnt to stop worrying about SQL and enjoy programming with it.
6 min read
01
Dec
Going beyond the thick grey line in child punishment
I don't support punishing children physically. However, I suggest that there is more to such cases than the violence on the surface.
4 min read
23
Nov
The Latest from the PDPC: The Good, The Bad and the Undertaking
Some time has elapsed since I studied an enforcement decision from the Personal Data Protection Commission in Singapore. How much has changed for data protection since then?
7 min read